VoiceThread

Introduction

VoiceThread is a collaborative, multimedia slide show that holds images, documents, and videos, allowing users to navigate through the pages of a presentation and leave comments using voice (with a microphone or telephone), text, audio file, or video (via a webcam).

Research findings from faculty and student interviews and surveys have shown that faculty-student and student-student engagement is one of the main challenges in online courses. A second challenge to the online learning environment identified by both faculty and students is course organization. VoiceThread is a mechanism for providing both course content and faculty-student engagement in one place.

Please click below for an audio of the introduction to VoiceThread.

Instructions on How to Use VoiceThread

Please click here to download a pdf version of the instructional guide to VoiceThread.

Please click below for video demonstrations of how to use VoiceThread.

Every e-Tool in the e-Toolbox was reviewed by either a UDI Online Project research and design team member, or one or several faculty at five partner institutions who incorporated a specific e-Tool into an online or blended course they taught. Faculty from these partner institutions also requested that students review the e-Tool included in a course or products created through the use of the e-Tool (e.g., documents, videos, audio clips, or other items). Likert scale surveys with open-ended questions were used by respondents. Feedback from the reviewing UDI Online team member or faculty who used a tool is presented in addition to student ratings when available.

e-Tool Review Results

Faculty e-Tool Review Results Number of faculty reviewers: 1

A member of the project research and design team has reviewed this e-tool. This tool extends the multi-media capability of podcasts to include visuals. This tool would be particularly useful to have students record conversations about topics/visuals. These conversations could be graded like discussion posts and thus, would offer a potential alternative to written discussion posts.